‘Furious’ Gregg Wallace unfollows MasterChef co-star John Torode and wife

Gregg Wallace and John Torode discussed by Aggie Mackenzie

Gregg Wallace is reportedly “furious” with his MasterChef co-star John Torode and his wife Lisa Faulkner – unfollowing them both on Instagram.

John, who insists he and Gregg have “never been friends”, hasn’t spoken out in support or against Wallace since allegations of sexual misconduct were levied against the BBC star. According to sources who spoke to The Sun, Gregg isn’t happy about it.

Stars accusing Gregg include Newsnight’s Kirsty Wark, Location, Location, Location star Kirstie Allsopp, Ulrika Jonsson and Sir Rod Stewart.

Now a source has claimed: “Gregg is absolutely furious and is convinced he has done nothing wrong.

“Seeing John keeping quiet amid all of this has irked him hugely. Gregg and John have been colleagues for almost two decades and while they aren’t the closest of friends, Gregg feels John could say something. He has deleted them from his Instagram account now and unfollowed both of them.”

Gregg Wallace has unfollowed John Torode on Instagram (Image: Getty)

The source added that while it might seem like a “petty” action, Gregg is “furious about how this has all played out”.

Torode said in 2017: “It’s funny, we’ve never been friends. We’ve not been to each other’s houses. If we go away to somewhere like South Africa, we do things separately. If we do go out for a drink, I’ll invariably be at one end of a big old table and he’ll be at the other.”

Gregg is reportedly 'fuming' about John's lack of response (Image: Getty)

The pair have even argued so much that filming got “called off”, with Torode explaining: “We ended up having a massive fight about one of the contestants, and he got really stubborn – it was ridiculous. We've had a couple of standoffs over the years, about contestants, and I've just had to walk away from him.”

But Gregg insisted in April 2024 that the pair are “emotionally very close to each other”, telling Lorraine: “What’s great about having a partnership is that if one of you is a bit off, a bit down, the other one naturally steps up, so I rely on John a lot.”